News FINANCIAL POLICE SEQUESTER DOCG CHIANTI AND IGT TOSCANO. 17 ENOLOGISTS AND ENTREPRENEURS UNDER INVESTIGATION 21 December 2009
News “WHAT’S DOCG?” ENGLISH CONSUMERS ARE CONFUSED ABOUT THE ITALIAN CLASSIFICATION OF WINES AND ONLY A SMALL NICHE OF ENTHUSIASTS (3%) BUYS WINES THAT COST OVER 10 POUNDS 18 December 2009
News THE FIRST YES FOR THE DECREE TO SAFEGUARD DENOMINATIONS OF ORIGIN AND GEOGRAPHIC INDICATIONS FOR WINE 16 December 2009
News THE “GREEN ECONOMY” IS NECESSARY TO OVERCOME THE CRISIS AND INCREASE “MADE IN ITALY” PRODUCTION ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATIONS SYMBOLA AND FAREFUTURO 14 December 2009
News EUROPEAN UNION GIVES ITALY 101.6 MILLION EUROS FOR VINEYARD EXTIRPATION IN 2009/2010 09 December 2009
News THE CRISIS CHANGES ITALIAN MENUS: MORE RICE AND PASTA, LESS MEAT, FISH, AND WINE. RESTAURANTS ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY INACCESSIBLE FOR ONE OUT OF TWO ITALIANS 03 December 2009
News THE MICHELIN GUIDE ADDS ANOTHER ITALIAN RESTAURANT TO ITS COVETED THREE-STAR LIST. THE NEW ENTRY IS “DA VITTORIO” IN BRUSAPORTO (BERGAMO) 01 December 2009
News AUSTRALIAN WINE IN CRISIS: 17% OF VINEYARDS CONSIDERED “ANTI-ECONOMIC” AND 75% PRODUCE A SURPLUS EACH YEAR. THE “WINE RESTRUCTURING ACTION AGENDA” CREATED TO HELP SECTOR 23 November 2009
News ITALY’S GRAN CRU ACCORDING TO GELARDINI & ROMANI WINE AUCTION. A LIST OF 28 ITALIAN WINES THAT ARE A MUST FOR COLLECTORS AND INVESTORS 20 November 2009
News A TOAST TO VAMPIRES: MONTEPULCIANO PRESENTS A SPECIAL LIMITED SERIES WINE LABEL IN HONOR OF THE FILM ‘NEW MOON’, SET PARTLY IN TUSCANY’S HISTORIC WINE TOWN 19 November 2009
News WINENEWS SURVEY: ITALIANS CONTINUE TO DRINK WINE BUT PREFER IT AT HOME RATHER THAN IN RESTAURANTS. ITALY’S PRODUCERS ARE MORE WORRIED ABOUT THE ANTI-ALCOHOL CAMPAIGN THAN THE ECONOMIC CRISIS. A SLIGHT REBOUND HAS BEEN REGISTERED FOR EXPORTS 18 November 2009
News ITALIAN SPARKLING WINE REACHES RECORD NUMBERS WITH EXPORTS: IF NEW YEAR’S SALES GO AS PREDICTED ITALY’S BUBBLIES WILL SELL 345 MILLION BOTTLES. ESTIMATE BY THE SPUMANTE FORUM DIRECTOR, GIAMPIETRO COMOLLI 13 November 2009
News ITALY DIVIDED OVER ‘VINO NOVELLO’ (NEW WINE): WINENEWS-VINITALY SURVEY REVEALS 49% ALWAYS BY NEW WINE UPON ITS RELEASE WHILE 51% REFUSE TO BUY IT AND REMAIN FAITHFUL TO MORE TRADITIONAL WINE 12 November 2009
News VIGNERONS D’EUROPE 2009: THE EUROPEAN MEETING OF WINEMAKERS AND VITICULTURALISTS, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF SLOW FOOD, WILL ARRIVE IN TUSCANY FROM 5 TO 7 DECEMBER 10 November 2009
News ITALY WILL BE RESCUED FROM THE CRISIS WITH HELP FROM ITS HIGH QUALITY WINE & FOOD SECTOR 05 November 2009
News 17,000 EURO BID FOR A SALMANAZAR OF 2006 VINTAGE ORNELLAIA HIGHEST BY PINCHIORRI WAS THE HIGHEST MADE AT THE GELARDINI & ROMANI WINE AUCTION 02 November 2009
News THE NEW WINE “NOVELLO 2009” PREMIERE IN VERONA ON NOVEMBER 5 AND 6 TOGETHER WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT EQUESTRIAN EVENT IN EUROPE “FIERACAVALLI” 30 October 2009
News “THE ITALIAN WINE MASTER” FEBRUARY 2010 – A PROJECT BY FEDERDOC TO PROMOTE FOUR PRESTIGIOUS ITALIAN DENOMINATIONS IN THE U.S.: BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, CHIANTI CLASSICO, NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO, AND PROSECCO DI CONEGLIANO-VALDOBBIADENE 30 October 2009
News THE GRAPE HARVEST IN POMPEI: AGREEMENT FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF MASTROBERARDINO’S “VILLA DEI MISTERI” WINE AND A PREVIEW OF THE EXHIBITION “VINUM NOSTRUM” TO BE HELD IN FLORENCE IN 2010 28 October 2009
News COLDIRETTI STUDY ON ITALIAN AGRICULTURE: 10% OF ITALIAN ENTERPRISES ON THE REBOUND, WITH FAMILY-RUN BUSINESSES DOING BEST THANKS TO LONGTERMACTIVITIES AND UNIQUE LOCALLY PRODUCED GOODS 27 October 2009
News “THE CLASSIFICATION OF ALL CLASSIFICATIONS” – TERMINUM LATE HARVEST 2007 BY TERMENO AND KURNI 2007 BY OASI DEGLI ANGELI ARE THE TWO “SUPER WINES” CHOSEN UNANIMOUSLY BY ALL OF ITALY’S MOST IMPORTANT WINE GUIDES 23 October 2009
News “FOODIES” ARRIVE IN ITALY: 4.5 MILLION ITALIANS DEVOTED TO GOOD FOOD & WINE AND EVEN TAKE THE TIME TO STUDY IT ON INTERNET ACCORDING TO A GPF STUDY DONE IN COLLABORATION WITH NEGRONI INC AND CONDUCTED BY MARILENA COLUSSI 21 October 2009
News WINE TYCOON – THE VIDEO GAME THAT ALLOWS PLAYERS TO BECOME VIGNERON IN BORDEAUX, BURGUNDY, OR CHAMPAGNE 20 October 2009
News CAN WINE BECOME ONE OF THE PROTAGONISTS OF ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS TO THE TRADITIONAL ASSET CLASSES? 19 October 2009
News WINE & EXPORT TRENDS FOR ITALIAN WINE – VOLUME INCREASES AND THE DECREASE IN VALUE SLOWS DOWN DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 2009 ACCORDING TO ASSOENOLOGI 15 October 2009
News 298 MILLION EUROS FOR THE WINE SECTOR IN 2010. NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE EU TO ITALY’S NATIONAL PLAN. MINISTER ZAIA: “GREAT SATISFACTION. 60 MILLION MORE THAN IN 2009” 14 October 2009
News 2009 A RECORD YEAR FOR PRICE INCREASES BETWEEN FOOD PRODUCTION AND FINAL CONSUMPTION. CARROTS ARE EMBLEMATIC AT +1,100%. ACCORDING TO COLDIRETTI FARMERS RECEIVE PENNIES FOR THEIR GOODS WHILE RETAILERS MAKE LARGE PROFITS 13 October 2009
News A 10 MILLION EURO CAMPAIGN FOR FRIULANO WINE FROM THE FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA REGION 12 October 2009
News AUTUMN WINE AUCTION: OCTOBER 10 IN ROME GELARDINI & ROMANI WILL BE AUCTIONING OFF 200 LOTS OF GRAND WINES FROM THE COLLECTION OF AN EX ITALIAN PRESIDENT TO A UNIQUE SALMANAZAR OF ORNELLAIA 2006 09 October 2009
News A GUESS AT THE WINNERS OF GAMBERO ROSSO AWARDS: GIACOSA BEST WINERY, FINO FOR VITICULTURALIST, GATTINARA SAN GRATO ANTONIOLO BEST RED WINE, FIANO DI AVELLINO COLLI DI LAPIO ROMANI BEST WHITE, GRAAL CAVIT BEST SPUMANTE, AND BARATTIERI FOR SWEET WINE 08 October 2009
News WINENEWS PREVIEW – THE NEW MODIFICATIONS TO THE ITALIAN MINISTRY OF POLITICS WINE REGULATION 164/92. THE GOAL IS TO APPROVE IT WITHIN SIX MONTHS 07 October 2009
News IT COMES FROM JAPAN AND IS MADE BY TOYOTA: A HANDHELD DEVICE ANALYZES BREATH AND THE FACE OF THE DRIVER. IF THE DRIVER IS DRUNK AT THE WHEEL, THE CAR DOESN’T START AND IT’S THE CAR THAT DECIDES. 05 October 2009
News TASTE AN ALMOST EXTINCT GRAPE VARIETY, PRODUCED FROM A 350-YEAR-OLD VINE AT THE SOUTH TYROLEAN SISSI GARDENS AT CASTEL TRAUTTMANSDORFF... THE HOLIDAY PACKAGE “GARDENS AND WINE” (IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER) 02 October 2009
News ANGELO GAJA PROMOTES THE “CONSTITUTION” OF EUROPEAN WINE WITH HONORS. AN INTERESTING TITLE THAT WE ALSO PROPOSE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND “CMO WINE”... 01 October 2009
News OCTOBER 8 - THE 2010 “L’ESPRESSO“ GUIDE WINE AUCTION AT PANDOLFINI HOUSE IN FLORENCE: FROM TIGNANELLO 1993 TO APPARITA 1990 AND MONFORTINO 1990 TO GAJA BARBARESCO 1983. PLENTY OF BURGUNDY, AND THE STAR OF “SIDEWAYS” CHEVAL BLANC 1961 28 September 2009
News THE “ITALIAN TALENT” COLLECTIVE BRAND IS BACK TO CLEAR UP THE CASE ON ITALIAN SPARKLING WINES... CLAUDIO RIZZOLI (ROTARI) PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTE ITALIAN TALENT, THE BRAND GIVES CLASSIC ITALIAN SPARKLING METHOD A CHANCE TO REACH FOREIGN MARKETS 28 September 2009
News GRAPE HARVESTING HAS BEGUN IN CHAMPAGNE. QUALITY IS EXCELLENT AND WINE PRODUCERS HOPE FOR A VINTAGE YEAR. MEANWHILE, YIELD LOWERED 30% OVER 2008 TO KEEP STOCKS DOWN AND COUNTER PRICE DROPS. 25 September 2009
News “LEADING PRICES FALL”. STAGNANT MARKETS AND PRODUCTS UNSOLD ON MAIN FOREIGN MARKETS... HARVESTING UNDER THE NEGATIVE CLOUD OF CRISIS.CONFAGRICOLTURA CALLS FOR “SALES AIDS”. REQUEST FOR GRUBBING 25,928 ACRES. 24 September 2009
